Category: Reading

  • Dan

    Jesus and the Powers, Part 4

    In leading a discussion on this book, the first week gave me this observation for our group: they wanted detailed definitions and detailed actions. Here is the “problem” with the book (and, also, with how Jesus leads): no finite details are given. Beautifully, when it comes to “actions,” they readily admit this:

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    Jesus and the Powers, Part 2

    NT Wright and Michael Bird don’t deny the certain benefits of Christendom, but they also dive into the destructive use of power in that time period as well. We have to reach for something more.

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    Jesus and the Powers

    Jesus and the Powers by Wright and Bird is a book we are using in a book club at our church in July. Since I am going back through it, I will be posting some thoughts on my notes, which will probably be repeats of pasts posts I have forgotten I posted when I first read the book…

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    Read, read some more, and plan to read

    A fun little list on reading HERE. Some fun ones:

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    Pray… even when it’s hard

    I have been challenged in my prayer time and Bible reading time to engage on a journey of intercession for the American Church. I would like to think I’m just getting prepped to challenge others to pray for the American Church so I can just pass it off. I just finished Nancy French’s new book, Ghosted, and believe me, I…

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    Worth your time

    “My job is to give myself to Jesus. His job is to transform me.” John Mark Comer in THIS INTERVIEW . When what you thought was “conservative” and “evangelical” turns dark, where do you go and what do you do? Nancy French shares her powerful story HERE. Some thoughts on Beyonce’s new album from some Christian artists and thinkers is…

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    King: A Life

    King: A Life by Jonathan Eig is new work on Martin Luther King, Jr. There is certainly so much that is familiar, but thousands of pages of recently released documents plus interviews with neighborhood friends, church goers in King’s day, and more added new depth to King’s life.

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    On reading (and counting) books

    I use Goodreads. To some reading this blog that may have created visceral reactions that I don’t understand because Goodreads (as it is with most giant conglomerate type things these days) creates those responses. I’ve used it because it’s the easiest ways to set my hopeful goals of “books read” and track what I’ve done. I can use a Kindle…

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    Books that stood out to me in 2023

    I am looking back on books I’ve read this year. It’s been awhile! I don’t have any particular order of preference, but here are some books that stood out to me:

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    We need to move past our easy labels

    Esau McCaulley’s memoir, How Far to the Promised Land? dives into his family history, specifically spurred on by his father. What McCaulley shows in the book is it’s easy to put labels on people and events to simplify how we see people.